Likely New Missions to be Created - March 2023 Edition

See below for a list of likely locations to have new missions announced in the foreseeable future:

AFRICA

• Cote d'Ivoire Daloa (1 stake, 6 districts) 
• Democratic Republic of the Congo Likasi (3 stakes)
  
• Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa (third mission) (4 stakes)
  
• Gabon Libreville (4 mission branches)
  
• Ghana Accra (third mission) (4-5 stakes)
  
• Ghana Koforidua (3 stakes, 2 districts)
  
• Ghana Kumasi (second mission) (2-3 stakes, 2-3 districts)
  
• Ghana Takoradi (2 stakes, 2 districts) 
• Kenya (second mission - in Eldoret or second in Nairobi) (1-2 stakes, 3-4 districts)
  
• Liberia Monrovia (second mission) (3 stakes)
  
• Malawi Lilongwe (2 districts) 
• Nigeria Benin City (second mission) (4-5 stakes)
• Nigeria Calabar (4 stakes, 1 district)
• Nigeria Eket (6 stakes)
  
• Nigeria Lagos (second mission) (4 stakes)
  
• Nigeria Warri (3 stakes, 3 districts)
• Senegal Dakar (1 district, several mission branches in neighboring countries)
  
• Sierra Leone Bo (4 stakes, 1 district) 
• Togo Lome (2 stakes)

ASIA 

• Middle East/African North Service Mission (2 stakes, 3 districts) 
• Philippines General Santos (3 stakes, 3 districts)
  
• Philippines Ormoc (3 stakes, 4 districts)
  
• Philippines Palawan/Mindoro (1 stake, 4 districts)
  
• Philippines Tuguegarao (3 stakes, 2 districts) 
• Sri Lanka Colombo (1 district)
  
• Thailand Ubon (1 stake, 1 district)

EUROPE

• Ireland Dublin (2 stakes, 1 district)
  
• Portugal Porto (3 stakes)
  

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

• Brazil Manaus (~6 stakes)
• Brazil São Luís (2 stakes)
• Brazil São Paulo (sixth mission) (4-5 million, ~7 stakes)
• Brazil Sorocaba (5 stakes, 2 districts)
• Cuba Havana (1 district)
  

OCEANIA

• Australia Brisbane (second mission) (~6 stakes)
  
• Australia Sydney (second mission) (~6 stakes)
• French Polynesia (second mission) (~5 stakes) 
• Kiribati Tarawa (2 stakes, 3 districts)
  
• Papua New Guinea Daru (1 stake, 3 districts)
  
• Samoa (second mission) (~12 stakes)
  
• Solomon Islands Honiara (1 district)

February 2023 Newsletter

I apologize I forgot to post this on the blog. Click here to access the February 2023 monthly newsletter for cumorah.com.

New Stakes Created in Arizona, Ecuador, Kenya, Nevada, Peru, the Philippines, and South Africa

Arizona

A new stake was created in Arizona. The Queen Creek Arizona Empire Stake was organized from a division of the Queen Creek Arizona East Stake and the Queen Creek Arizona South Stake. The new stake includes the following six wards: the Circle Cross, Gary, Paisley Park, Sierra Vista, Skyline, and Sunet Wards. There are now 10 stakes in the Queen Creek area. 

There are now 117 stakes in Arizona.

Ecuador

The Church organized a new stake in Guayaquil. The Guayaquil Ecuador Alborada Stake was organized from a division of the Guayaquil Ecuador Kennedy Stake and the Guayaquil Ecuador Las Orquideas Stake. The new stake includes the following five wards: the Francisco de Orellana,  Guayacanes, Isidro Ayora, José María Egas, and Los Sauces Wards. There are now 18 stakes in the Guayaquil metropolitan area.

There are now 43 stakes and 5 districts in Ecuador

Kenya

A new stake was created in Kenya. The Nairobi Kenya South Stake was created from a division of the Nairobi Kenya East Stake and the Nairobi Kenya West Stake. The new stake includes the following four wards and three branches: the Athi River, Nairobi 1st, Nairobi 2nd, and South B Wards, and the Kitengela, Mlolongo, and Ruai Branches. The new stake is the third stake to be organized in Kenya. All three stakes are headquartered in Nairobi. The first stake in Nairobi was created in 2011 and the second stake was created in 2016. There are also six districts in Kenya.

Nevada

The Church organized a new stake in Nevada on January 15th. The Mesquite Nevada West Stake was organized from a division of the Mesquite Nevada Stake (organized in 1994). The new stake includes the following six wards and one branch: the Anthem (Retirement), Arrowhead, Bunkerville 1st, Bunkerville 2nd, Heritage, and Willows Ward, and the Virgin Valley (Spanish) Branch. 

There are now 43 stakes in Nevada.

Peru

A new stake was created in Peru. The Pucallpa Perú Centenario Stake was organized from a division of the Pucallpa Perú Stake (organized in 1993). The new stake include the following five wards: the Bolognesi, Centenario, Primavera, Sáenz Peña, and Ucayali Wards, and the Campo Verde Branch. The new stake is the Church's second stake in the city of Pucallpa - the most populous city in remote Ucayali Department.

There are now 113 stakes and 17 districts in Peru.

The Philippines

The Church organized a new stake in the Philippines. The Iloilo Philippines Central Stake was organized from a division of the Iloilo Philippines North Stake (organized in 1997). The new stake includes the following six wards: the Jaro 1st, Jaro 2nd, Lapaz, Lapuz, Leganes 1st, and Pavia Wards. There are now three stakes in Iloilo City.

There are now 126 stakes and 55 districts in the Philippines.

South Africa 

The Church organized a new stake in South Africa. The Johannesburg South Africa South Stake was organized from a division of the Johannesburg South Africa Stake, Soweto South Africa Stake, and the Vaal South Africa District (which still operates with three branches now). The new stake includes the following five wards and two branches: the Florida 1st, Florida 2nd, Randburg, Ridgeway, and Sebokeng Wards, and the Ennerdale and Orange Farm Branches. There are now 10 stakes and 1 district in the Johannesburg metropolitan area.

There are now 18 stakes and 10 districts in South Africa.